Geomorphic and climatic controls on chemical weathering in the High Himalayas of Nepal

Geomorphology

Volumn 122, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 205-210

  Gabet, Emmanuel J ^a   Wolff Boenisch, Domenik ^b   Langner, Heiko ^c   Burbank, Douglas W ^d   Putkonen, Jaakko ^e  

^a SAN JOSE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ICELAND   (Iceland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e University of North Dakota   (United States)

Author keywords

Chemical weathering; Erosion; Glaciers; Himalayas; Marsyandi

Indexed keywords

ABRASION; CARBON DIOXIDE; CHEMICAL WEATHERING; CLIMATE EFFECT; FREEZING; GEOMORPHOLOGICAL RESPONSE; GLACIAL EROSION; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; ION EXCHANGE; RIVER DISCHARGE; SEDIMENT YIELD; SUSPENDED SEDIMENT; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; WEATHERING RATE;

HIMALAYAS; NEPAL;

EID: 77955275912     PISSN: 0169555X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2010.06.016     Document Type: Article

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